US Congress Senate Bill 1847 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-1)
Status: Introduced on June 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes several requirements relating to health-insurance coverage of, and access to, over-the-counter contraceptives. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to specify that private health-insurance plans must cover over-the-counter contraceptives that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even without a prescription. Under current law, private health-insurance plans (with some exceptions) must cover FDA-approved prescription contraceptives, without cost-sharing requirements. The bill also prohibits retailers from interfering with an individual's access to oral contraceptives that are meant for routine, daily use and are FDA-approved for use without a prescription.

Affordability is Access Act

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB3296 (Related) 2019-06-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1847/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1847/BILLS-116s1847is.pdf